Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Find Out podcast. We've got a great show for you today. We have

Senator Chris Van Hollen, the senior senator from Maryland. Senator, it's great to have you

today. It's good to be back with you guys. Thanks. Yeah, we were just joking before that we

seem to see you every week or two, so we're glad to see you again. And there's always good

stuff to talk about. And I want to dive into this bill that you just released last week,

which is called the, sorry, I cannot see without my glasses oh the working americans tax cut the working

americans tax cut which has an oppressive uh number of sponsors uh and also groups that are endorsing

this so senator this is a unique bill from democrats you don't usually see like eliminating

taxes for a wide swath of people why don't you tell us what this bill is and

what it could do for people who are really getting squeezed by Trump's tariffs and a slowing

economy? Well, the fundamental idea behind this bill is exactly a recognition that people are working harder than ever and still being squeezed.

So people are making a paycheck, but because of the high costs and prices that they're facing,

they're just struggling to get by. And so this is the Working Americans Tax Cut Bill,

and the idea is essentially if you're making a living wage,

in other words, just enough to support yourself or yourself and the family, then you shouldn't be paying

federal income taxes. You should be essentially able to keep more of what you earn in order to pay your bills and, you know,

have a dignified life for yourself and your family. That's the fundamental idea.

130 million Americans will benefit. They'll have a little bit more of their paycheck to keep.

It is fully paid for an offset by a surtax on millionaires, right?

Starting with a 5% tax on the first dollar over a million dollars a year. So if you're

making over a million dollars a year, on that first dollar over a million, you'll pay 5%.

It's a little escalating surtax. That's about $1.5 trillion, and it provides the revenue to

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